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Planet Driller

Oryzhon Studios · Immanitas Entertainment GmbH · 2016-07-04

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 04, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Planet Driller is a mining game where you need to find DarkMatter in order to save the earth. To do this, drill your way through a procedurally generated planet full of minerals that you can sell for cash, then use the cash to upgrade your ship and make the job a lot easier!

Planet Driller is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 93 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 93 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.34 at GamersGate (2022-01-19) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 23 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.342016-07-042026-07-272016-07-04 — best price $1.392016-09-09 — best price $1.992017-01-12 — best price $1.992017-04-28 — best price $1.992017-09-18 — best price $0.802017-12-04 — best price $1.992018-04-27 — best price $0.402018-08-30 — best price $0.992019-05-06 — best price $0.802019-11-25 — best price $0.802020-03-02 — best price $1.992020-05-21 — best price $0.372020-09-18 — best price $1.992021-02-18 — best price $0.372021-05-21 — best price $1.992021-08-23 — best price $0.362021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-02-28 — best price $1.992022-06-18 — best price $1.992022-11-16 — best price $1.462023-04-01 — best price $1.992023-07-01 — best price $1.992023-11-22 — best price $1.332024-01-08 — best price $0.742024-04-25 — best price $1.992024-07-26 — best price $1.332024-08-27 — best price $0.992024-11-22 — best price $0.662025-01-20 — best price $0.492025-03-31 — best price $0.372025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492026-01-19 — best price $0.492026-05-23 — best price $1.992026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
5.1%
earned "Drilling Debut"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionCasualStrategyAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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